Thanks for all the info and the manual is mich easier than the paper one. Still not hearing any broadcast from Red Oak which was very active before they changed over, so I know I am missing something to allow me to hear them.
Make sure that, after you imported that hpe file, you set your Profile to both Download, & Monitor that new list., and that you wrote it to the scanner set to be monitored.
Try these steps & see what you get.
First, hit the CHAN (channel) button along the bottom of the keypad.
Now, enter the frequency 774.80625 that autovon posted earlier.
After entering the frequency,
do not press the
E(enter) key.
Instead, press
CHAN again.
That causes the scanner to hold only on that one frequency. If that is the control frequency, for the possible Montgomery County site (which I created in the *.hpe file), you should hear a constant signal, sort of a rumbling noise that some have compared to an idling diesel engine. If you don't here that, then it is not being used as a control channel. (While I have no idea where they might have put up the new site, I doubt you are out of range. However, make sure your squelch is not to high. A 2 or 3 works well for most people.)
If you do hear that rumbling, but still are not getting any active transmissions, then maybe the new site is still in test mode, not actively carrying radio traffic.
For the other two sites in the file, try something different.
Press the
Menu key
Scroll down to
Analyze & press Enter to select.
Under Analyze, Select System Status
After selecting System Status, you'll get a screen asking for the System's name.
Use the scroll knob to select each letter of the name, and the arrow keys to move the cursor to the right so that you can input the next letter.
Generally, you don't have to enter
all of the letters of the system's name. Enter he first letter or two, then press Enter.
On your screen will be all systems that start with that letter (or letters) that you entered.
Scroll to and select the ISICS system & press Enter.
The next screen will show the Sites that are programmed for the system.
Scroll to & select the Adams site.
You'll get a screen that looks somewhat like the next screenshot. (I'm using my 536HP for the screenshots, since it is connected to my PC for logging via ProScan. While the display on your 436HP will be somewhat different, it will show the same basic information.)
That's one of my local sites. The column over the
S is the strength of the signal I'm getting. The
Q is the 'quality' of the signal, and
A represents the activity on the site. In the upper right corner, you also see another indication of signal strength.
If you are getting
none of that type of information from the Adams site, it is not in range for you.
After you've seen an indication of whether you can, or cannot, receive the Adams site, then press the Function key plus the System key to resume scanning.
Press Menu again, and scroll down to Analyze.
This time, again select your system, but then choose the Cass site instead of Adams.
Once again, if you can receive the system, you'll see the indicators of signal strength, quality, and activity. If, again, you get none of that, then the Cass site is also out of range.
At some point, you will need to, somehow, get the frequencies used for the Montgomery site. If you know where the new tower was built, like a new structure built, or a new set of antennas installed on an existing site, you might be able to find them either with Close Call, or by doing a search of the 700MHz band. (You can try the band search from home, but if you can actually determine the site location, a stronger signal would help confirm you are seeing the correct ones.) You can also manually scan up or down from the frequency entered directly (774.80625) at the start of tis post.
Once either you, or someone close enough to hear the site, can determine the correct frequencies, then you can enter them into the Montgomery site and hopefully monitor successfully.